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MH370 families want answers, hope search continues

MH370 The decision by the Ministerial Tripartite Meeting to suspend the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has left the families of passengers and crew, disappointed as they hope for a closure to the tragedy.

In Kedah, the family of Jee Jing Han,43, who was from Jitra, was hoping that the search would be continued until the answers concerning the missing aircraft were found.

The victim's brother, Jee Ying Seong, 44, said his family was hoping that the search would not be suspended or stopped so that the victims could be found.

He said the responsible parties should look for answers to the satisfaction of the families of the passengers and crew of flight MH370.

"Although it is difficult to get the answers since 2014, we are always waiting for answers from the authorities. The government must continue the search for the sake of the families," he told Bernama today.

Malaysia, China and Australia today unanimously decided that the search for MH370 would be suspended after covering an area of 120,000 square kilometres.

In a joint statement, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said the suspension did not mean that all search efforts for the aircraft would be stopped and assured that action would be taken if there was new, credible information on its location.

In Kuantan, Selamat Omar, 63, the father of passenger Mohd Khairul Amri, 29, said the government should have decided to continue the search for MH370 in a new location.

"I was hoping that the government would announce the search would be continued in a new location, but instead announced that all efforts to search for MH370 would be suspended.

"What can I say. I am quite upset. The search should be continued in a new location, no need to suspend it," he told Bernama.

Selamat urged the government to consider continuing the search in a new location which could point to the resting place of the aircraft.

In Selangor, family member Zurihan Yusop, 45, urged the government to issue a clearer statement on the status of the search operation for the aircraft.

The younger brother of passenger Muzi Yusop said a better explanation should be given to the families on the suspension of the operation other than news reports that the search was made in the wrong location.

"We will be more disappointed if the report is true. The government had said the search would be continued until the aircraft is found,” he told Bernama.

Zurihan said if the media report was was not true, the family wants the government and Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) to issue a statement denying it.

In Perak, the family of MAS chief stewardess Goh Sock Lay had accepted the fact that flight MH370 was missing for two years.

This was admitted by her sister-in-law who only wanted to be known as Anna, who said that life for the family continues as usual.

"Her daughter and husband (Choi Loong Chow), has moved on. Her daughter is 17-years-old and will sit for her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, while her husband has to work as usual.

"They know that grieving will not help bring my sister-in-law back, but they always remember and miss her," she told Bernama, adding that Goh's husband and parents could not be contacted as they were out of town.

On March 8, 2014, flight MH370 carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared from the radar shortly after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing.

- Bernama

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